Dell is looking like the sick man of the PC business, which is not looking too healthy itself.
That Windows 8 will be a huge hit in terms of sales is a given. What will be fascinating to watch is how it is received, writes Charles Arthur.
Google’s changes to its privacy policies have been criticised by 30 European data-protection commissioners.
Is BlackBerry manufacturer RIM out of the woods? If all you looked at was its after-hours share price and analysts’ forecasts, you might think so.
Samsung says it will add the iPhone 5 to a series of lawsuits over Apple equipment in the US, alleging that it infringes a series of patents.
The digerati mostly greeted the iPhone 5 last week with a collective yawn. They declared that it did not break any records amongst other things.
Shares in Asian smartphone manufacturer Samsung plunged by 7.5% in the South Korean capital Seoul on Monday.
Samsung has hit back at Apple after a $12-billion drop in its market value in the wake of its loss to the iPhone maker in a high-profile court battle.
Apple experts say Samsung abused its "monopoly power" over certain wireless patents and demanded an unreasonable royalty for their use in the iPhone.
Marissa Mayer is taking her talent for revenue enhancement from Google to the competition. Josh Halliday & Charles Arthur report.
Google is nearing a deal with authorities over its DoubleClick adverts, which were found to have bypassed privacy settings on iPads and iPhones.
Thorsten Heins has defended RIM less than a week after it revealed an operating loss of $643-million.
Search giant Google says it could change the way it ranks other sites amid concerns that it has abused its dominant market position.
Microsoft has succumbed to Apple envy and launched its version of the iPad. Charles Arthur reports.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune dwindled by $2-billion in minutes, as underwriters deserted the stock amid claims of Nasdaq incompetence.
Despite almost certain IPO success, Facebook has to start making money from mobile phone advertising if it hopes to continue its growth.
Backed by Google’s bosses — and director James Cameron — Planetary Resources plans to mine asteroids using unmanned rockets … and a moon base.
Google has been ordered to pay $25 000 for collecting personal information without permission and not cooperating with an investigation into it.
Computer corporation Apple is said to be working on a new adaptive streaming audio file format that will offer better streaming to its cloud users.
The spotlight on working conditions at the factories of its Chinese contractor has prompted Apple to brace for a run of damaging publicity.
Foxconn, one of Apple’s main contractors, has raised wages for the second time after a spate of suicides last year put the company under scrutiny.
Fifteen major tech firms have jointly designed a system to combat emails seeking to hijack passwords and other personal details.
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/ 31 January 2012
In the wake of accusations and apologies from Google, it has parted company with its Kenya head but is keeping details under wraps.
Twitter and Facebook have teamed up, creating ‘Don’t be evil’ software to counter the tweaking of search results in favour of Google’s social network.
Google has angered Twitter and is accused of "warping" its search results and bending antitrust rules by boosting posts from its Google+ network.
Your electronic device is about to become much more understanding.
Analysts say up to 29-million iPhones were sold in the last quarter of 2011 while others say Samsung sold 35-million smartphones in the same period.
The iPhone 4S has outsold other smartphone brands from the four weeks to 9 December, while Nokia’s Lumia failed to make it to the top 10.
Google’s Eric Schmidt is to meet the European Commission’s antitrust chief amid signs that the search giant will be accused of abusing its position.
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/ 22 October 2011
Steve Jobs was furious at what he saw as outright copying of Apple’s ideas in HTC’s Android phones, claims his biography.
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/ 12 October 2011
With millions of subscribers crying havoc over disrupted BlackBerry services, RIM may be suffering lasting damage to its reputation.
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/ 8 September 2011
The former internet giant is being eaten alive by two upstarts, Google and Facebook with fickle advertisers jumping ship.